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Your Arrow misses the Claw of Naar and embeds itself in the ship’s gunwale. Hurriedly, you drop your Bow, unsheathe your Kai Weapon and rush towards Zashnor as it struggles to pluck the Claw off the swaying deck. It grasps it unsteadily between two of its talons and fires off another bolt of energy in your direction. It is hastily cast and poorly aimed. The bolt shoots close by your left hip, melting the frost on the satchel containing the Eye as it crackles past and discharges harmlessly in the stormy waters of the estuary. You have avoided being hit directly, but the Eye is activated by the power of the Claw and it drains you of 2 ENDURANCE points.

Courageously, you strike the taloned hand of the Ice Dragon and send the Claw skittering away across the deck, beyond Zashnor’s reach. The fell dragon shrieks with rage. You resolve to exploit Zashnor’s unfocused burst of anger and slay this evil adversary where it stands.

Turn to 100.